NVQ Level 3 Contracts in the East Midlands

National Vocational Qualification Level 3 (NVQ Level 3)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for NVQ Level 3 qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing NVQ Level 3 1 28 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.18% 3.64% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 11.02% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 27 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £225 -
England median daily rate - £225 £230
% change year-on-year - -2.17% -3.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

NVQ Level 3 falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 149 254 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.61% 32.99% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 147 216
10th Percentile £200 £168 £228
25th Percentile £250 £252 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -27.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £550 £581 £625
90th Percentile £650 £659 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 40
10th Percentile £18.43 £12.75 £10.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.72 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.18 £20.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +20.90% +6.67% -12.79%
75th Percentile £25.15 £37.88 £29.92
90th Percentile £30.31 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.84 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +2.10% -23.81% +32.91%

NVQ Level 3
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing NVQ Level 3 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for NVQ Level 3 in the East Midlands

NVQ Level 3
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NVQ Level 3 in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for NVQ Level 3 in the East Midlands

NVQ Level 3
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NVQ Level 3 within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire - 1 - - 2
NVQ Level 3
England

NVQ Level 3
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco